“Depending on which federal judge this case is assigned to downtown, plaintiff’s counsel is likely going to be in for a very rough ride,” he says. Spencer Elden, a.k.a the baby from the cover of Nirvanas Nevermind album sues the band because of child pornography. The case is “ridiculous”, says one lawyer, adding that the right to privacy is waived “by his parents’ actions in allowing him to be photographed”.Īnother lawyer adds that Elden’s embrace of the cover in the past - which has seen him recreate it several times as an adult - harms his case. In August, several legal experts noted that Spencer Elden’s lawsuit is likely to be dismissed. The original artwork for the RIAA Diamond-certified grunge classic features a naked baby swimming toward a dollar bill hanging from a hook.
“I have many ideas of how we should alter that cover,” he says, “but we’ll see what happens.”Īsked for more details, he teases: “We’ll let you know… I’m sure we’ll come up with something good.” Dave Grohl apparently has many ideas regarding possible changes to the cover of Nirvana‘s Nevermind.
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However, he does suggest that it might lead to an update of the album artwork, while staying fairly vague about the potential form that new iterations could take. Put your face on the body of the famous baby in the water chasing a dollar, on the iconic cover of the CD Nevermind of rock band NIRVANA with this mount. It’s also claimed that Nirvana originally promised to cover the baby’s genitals with a sticker reading: “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet paedophile.”Īcknowledging the lawsuit in a new interview with the Sunday Times, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl suggests that the legal trouble is nothing new, saying: “At some point, unfortunately, it just becomes par for the course.” The 30-year-old man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of the multimillion-selling Nirvana album 'Nevermind' filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles, alleging the former members of the grunge-rock. While non-sexualised images of infants are not generally considered child pornography under US law, Elden’s legal team argue that the dollar (superimposed after the photo was taken) makes the minor seem “like a sex worker”.
“The images exposed Spencer’s intimate body part and lasciviously displayed Spencer’s genitals from the time he was an infant to the present day,” the filing claims. Taking issue with the image - an underwater baby with exposed genitalia, reaching for a dollar bill - he seeks damages for alleged child pornography and sexual exploitation. In case you’re not up to date with the legal battle surrounding the Nevermind cover, Elden originally filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court against the surviving band members, alongside Kurt Cobain’s estate, in August this year. According to Dave Grohl, the iconic artwork could be getting an update 30 years on from its original release, following the lawsuit filed by Spencer Elden - AKA the naked baby pictured on the cover - earlier this year. Up until now, no comment on the issue was made by the band or reps for Cobain's estate, but Grohl has addressed it in a new interview with the Sunday Times.Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover saga continues.
He is suing the band's surviving members, Kurt Cobain's estate and others for damages of around $150,000 each, according to documents filed in August. Nirvana may end up changing the iconic artwork to their 1991 album Nevermind after all. Legal documents also allege Elden could not consent to the use of his image on the album artwork as he was only 4 months old at the time, and that his legal guardians didn’t consent on his behalf. He says the image is child pornography, claiming the band promised to cover his genitals with a sticker for the album cover but never did. Spencer Elden, now 30, claims he's the naked baby pictured on the cover and is suing the band for child sexual exploitation.
The 1991 album cover, which features a naked baby swimming underwater, is one of the most recognisable pieces of cover art in music history – but it looks like that will soon change. Nirvana member Dave Grohl says the band has plans to change its infamous cover album artwork for Nevermind thirty years after its release due to a lawsuit. A 30th anniversary re-release will be altered, according to the musician.
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